BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//CERN//INDICO//EN BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Frontiere 2005 - "Einstein va in orbita" (La relatività generale "misurata" via satellite) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050314T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050314T190000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05133@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:Ignazio Ciufolini è dal 1999 professore associato di fisica g enerale all'Università di Lecce. Nel 1984 ha conseguito il dottorato in f isica all'Università del Texas a Austin\, dove ha lavorato con alcuni dei "padri" della fisica contemporanea. Ha poi insegnato fisica e relatività generale nelle università di Austin\, Trento e Roma prima di trasferirsi a Lecce. Con John A. Wheeler è autore di un testo fondamentale di relati vità generale: Gravitation and Inertia\, vincitore del premio dell'Americ an Association of Publishers per il miglior libro in fisica del 1995. Nel 2001 ha vinto il premio internazionale per la fisica "Tomassoni-Chisesi". Lo scorso ottobre ha pubblicato su Nature la prima accurata verifica speri mentale di un effetto previsto dalla relatività generale e cercato da olt re ottant'anni.\n\nconference series website (italian only)\n\n//indico.ic tp.it/event/a05133/ LOCATION:ICTP Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05133/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Speakers Corner -"From Embryos to Behaviour" DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050428T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050428T180000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05131@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:Michael Bate\, professor of developmental biology\, University of Cambrige\, UK\, in a talk entitled “From Embryos to Behaviour"\, wil l speak on the construction of the brain and the emergence of behaviour as the most complex aspect of the developmental process of an embryo. Althou gh we have begun to understand how inherited information can be used to bu ild such structures as legs and wings\, we are only beginning to understan d how such information is used to assemble the neural circuits that underl ie behaviour. ICTP scientists and staff and the public are invited to atte nd.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/a05131/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05131/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Frontiere 2005 - "Teletrasporto: oltre Star Trek" (enigmi del mond o quantistico) DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050429T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050429T180000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05138@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:Francesco De Martini\, ordinario di ottica quantistica al Dipa rtimento di fisica dell'Università di Roma "La Sapienza"\, ha insegnato e lavorato al Massachusetts Institute of Technology\, all'Università della California a Berkeley e all'Università di Parigi-Sud. È autore di circa 200 lavori scientifici sui fenomeni quali l'interferenza quantistica\, la spettroscopia non-lineare in microcavità\, il free-electron laser. Nel 2 004 è stato insignito del premio annuale dell'Accademia dei Lincei per il primo esperimento di teletrasporto quantistico\, che ha avuto larga rison anza sui media internazionali.conference series website (italian only)\n\n //indico.ictp.it/event/a05138/ LOCATION:ICTP Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05138/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Speakers Corner - "Predicting Climate Change on a Green Planet" DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050512T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050512T180000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05135@ictp.it DESCRIPTION://indico.ictp.it/event/a05135/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05135/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ICTP Prize Ceremony DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050517T060000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050517T150000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05162@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:The 2004 ICTP Prize in honour of Arthur Taylor Winfree is awar ded to Bernardo Gabriel Mindlin of the Department of Physics\, University of Buenos Aires\, Argentina.Gabriel Mindlin is a theorist who has made imp ortant contrubutions to the fundamental\, applied and interdisciplinary as pects of nonlinear dynamical systems. In his publications - over fifty wel l-cited papers appearing in major journals\, as well as in books - he has made original contributions to fields as diverse as solar activity\, laser s\, neuronal modeling\, speech recognition and bird songs. His early work - a characterization of strange attractors in terms of their topology as o pposed to delicate metric properties like dimensions and entropies - had a significant impact. Later\, as an independent researcher first in Spain a nd then in Argentina\, he studied the effect of broken symmetries in patte rn formation. In recent years\, he has shifted his attention to the dynami cs of the vocal apparatus. He began with a study of vowels in human speech and then moved on to the investigation of the "syrinx" (the song-making o rgan) of birds\, which is much better accessible experimentally. Mindlin's work has always had strong contacts with experiment. He is currently invo lved in an international collaboration on avian physiology. Mindlin is lea ding figure in his group\, actively striving - and managing - to achieve i nternational standards. He is an original\, self-motivated and imaginative researcher who seeks out important problems in interdisciplinary areas. H e provides a very good example for young scientists starting a career in d eveloping countries. Abstract In recent years birdsong has developed into an extremely interesting problem for researchers in several branches of th e scientific community. The reason is that of the approximately 10\,000 sp ecies of birds known to exist\, some 4000 share with humans (and just a fe w other species in the animal kingdom) a remarkable feature: their acquisi tion of vocalization requires a certain degree of exposure to a tutor. Bet ween the complex neural architecture involved in the process and the song itself\, stands a delicate apparatus that the bird must control with incre dible precision. This talk deals with the physical mechanisms at work in t he production of birdsong\, the acoustic effects that the avian vocal orga n is capable of generating\, and the nature of the neural instructions nee ded to drive it.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/a05162/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05162/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Speakers Corner - "From the Cell to the Web" DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050520T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050520T180000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05136@ictp.it DESCRIPTION://indico.ictp.it/event/a05136/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05136/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Da Marte a Titano: vita aliena? DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050525T163000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050525T180000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05142@ictp.it DESCRIPTION://indico.ictp.it/event/a05142/ LOCATION:ICTP Adriatico Guest House Kastler Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05142/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Speakers Corner - "The Art and Science of Subtle Persuasion" DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050802T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20050802T180000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05137@ictp.it DESCRIPTION://indico.ictp.it/event/a05137/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05137/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Dirac Medal Ceremony DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20051111T060000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20051111T120000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a05377@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:\n\nThe 2005 Dirac Medal and Prize will be awarded to\n\nSam E dwards for being a founder of the modern discipline of "soft" condensed ma tter physics with fundamental contributions to polymer physics\, to spin g lass theory\, and to the physics of granular matter.\n\nPatrick A. Lee for his pioneering contributions to the fundamental understanding of disorder ed and strongly-interacting many-body systems.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/a 05377/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a05377/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Synchronizing cultures in the past: How to combine natural science s and humanities DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060317T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20060317T190000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a0658@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:C-14 is a wonderful gift of nature for archaeology and related fields to establish absolute time scales. Yet\, it has its limitations du e to the natural variations of the C-14 content in the atmosphere. Great a dvances in both archaeological excavations and C-14 measurements by accel erator mass spectrometry (AMS) led to pushing both fields to their limits\ , in order to decide crucial issues in ancient history. In this talk\, we will focus on the synchronization of civilizations in the Eastern Mediterr anean in the Second Millennium BC. In the middle of this millennium\, some 3500 years ago\, the volcanic eruption of Thera (the modern Greek island of Santorini) set an important time mark. Yet\, its exact date is elusive. Various methods of the natural sciences (C-14 dating\, dendrochronology\, ice core dating\, analysis of volcanic ash by neutron activation and mass spectrometry) and the humanities (archaeology\, oriental studies\, egypto logy\, history) are employed to solve the problem. So far\, no consensus h as been reached. We will discuss the current situation\, which will show t hat all methods are pushed to the limit of their applicability. Possible a pproaches for the solution of this problem will be discussed.\n\n//indico .ictp.it/event/a0658/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a0658/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:2006 Dirac Medal Ceremony DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20071005T060000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20071005T140000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-a07269@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:THE 2006 DIRAC MEDAL AND PRIZE\n\nThe 2006 Dirac Medal and Pri ze will be awarded to Peter Zoller for innovative and prolific work in ato mic physics\, including seminal work proposing methods to use trapped ions for quantum computing and describing how to realize the Bose- Hubbard mod el and associated phase transitions in ultracold gases.\n\n//indico.ictp.i t/event/a07269/ LOCATION:ICTP Main Building Main Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/a07269/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Special seminar on 'Scientific Experience for a Woman Physicist fr om Gaza\, Palestine" DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190124T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20190124T160000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-8858@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:The experience of a female physicist living in Gaza\, Palestin e will be presented. This part of the world is subjected to unstable polit ical circumstances which affects its economy and the living style of the p eople. Lack of electricity and unavailability of drinking water\, raises t he height of the challenge barrier that a normal scientist has to overcome . In addition\, a brief introduction about different research topics that she tackled under the above-mentioned circumstances will be presented.\n\n Hala J. El-Khozondar was born in Gaza\, Palestine. She got her B.Sc. in Ph ysics from BirZeit University\, Palestine in 1987. She earned her Ph.D. in physics from New Mexico State University (NMSU)\, USA in 1999. She joined the physics faculty at BirZeit University in 1987. She had a Postdoc awar d at Max Planck Institute in Heidelberg\, Germany in 1999. She is now a fu ll professor at the electrical engineering (EE) department in Islamic Univ ersity of Gaza. She is an ICTP senior associate\, FTWAS and FTWAS-ARO. She has high leadership and administrative skills demonstrated by her work in initiating and developing the quality assurance unit and the external rel ations at IUG and being a committee member for several scholarships and pr izes. She advises several students. She participated in several conference s and workshops. Her research includes studying solar systems\, optical fi bers\, wireless communication\, optical fiber sensors\, MTMs devices\, and polycrystalline materials. She has over 100 publications. She is a recipi ent of Fulbright Scholarship\, DAAD\, AvH\, Erasmus Mundus\, Altaawon and Bank of Palestine Zamalah senior visit\, IUG Deanery Prize for applied sci ences\, TWAS-ARO prize 2018\, TWAS medal lecture 2018 and ISESCO Prize in Science & Technolgy 2014. She is also coordinator for several projects inc luding TEMPUS for promoting long life learning\, and Al-Maqdisi to enhance collaboration with French partners. \n\nYou are all most welcome to atten d this special seminar.\nLight refreshments will be served after the talk. \n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/8858/ LOCATION:ICTP Leonardo Building - Euler Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/8858/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Beyond Open Access: SciPost DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20191022T083000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20191022T100000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-9161@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:\n Beyond Open Access: SciPost\n\n Speaker: Jean-Sébastien Ca ux\n\n Abstract: SciPost is a by-and-for scientists initiative aiming to p rovide a Genuine Open Access replacement infrastructure for the scientific publishing industry. Its journals are characterized by being open access for both readers (no subscription or reading fees) as well as authors (no author fees/APCs)\, giving generous licenses (CC-BY) with copyright to the authors. All editorial work is performed by active professional scientist s\, without competing financial or corporate interest. As an organization\ , SciPost is purely not-for-profit and community-owned\, and follows a cos t-slashing consortial business model.\n\n This talk will outline the initi ative's main aspects\, current status\, and upcoming expansion plans.\n\n Short bio: Jean-Sébastien Caux is Professor of Theoretical Physics at the University of Amsterdam. A Canadian citizen\, he obtained his PhD in Oxfo rd\, was postdoctoral Fellow in All Souls\, and moved to the Netherlands i n 2003. Specialized in condensed matter theory\, his interests include exa ctly-solvable models of many-body quantum mechanics\, and their relation t o in- and out-of-equilibrium dynamics of experimentally-realizable quantum magnets\, cold atomic systems and nanodevices. He is a recipient among ot hers of the NWO Vici and ERC Advanced grants.\n Besides his research activ ities\, he is actively involved in the reform of scientific publishing. He is the founder\, implementer and current chairman of SciPost.\n\n//indico .ictp.it/event/9161/ LOCATION:ICTP Library URL://indico.ictp.it/event/9161/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ICTP-OWSD panel discussion and multimedia event on the occasion of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20230210T130000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20230210T150000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-10272@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:The United Nations' International Day of Women and Girls in Sc ience\, celebrated annually in February\, is a reminder that women and gir ls play a critical role in science and technology communities and that the ir participation should be strengthened.\n\nJoin ICTP and the Organization for Women in Science for the Developing World (OWSD) for a panel discussi on and multimedia event showcasing the challenges and successes of women i n science. Titled "Where are the Women in Science?"\, the event will take place on Friday 10 February in ICTP's Budinich Lecture Hall from 14:00 to 16:00.\n\nTwo short films created by ICTP and OWSD will be presented and s creened during the event to highlight and celebrate success stories from o utstanding women scientists around the world. The following conversation – joined by panellists from ICTP and TWAS and including Behnaz Abbasghol i-Na\, a researcher from Iran who participated in ICTP's Training and Rese arch in Italian Laboratories (TRIL) programme and is a postdoctoral fellow at Elettra – will be open to questions from the audience focusing on sh aring actionable solutions that increase women’s leadership\, voices and representation in science systems. Maryse Nkoua\, the protagonist of one of the screened documentaries will also participate as a speaker\, connect ed online from Brazzaville (Congo). \n\nRemote participation is also possi ble\, via the following ZOOM link (registration required): https://zoom.us /meeting/register/tJMoc-iorD0pGNxuMd2YGmvQQcl6q-oFymqR\n\nWe look forward to your participation on this special occasion.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/ 10272/ LOCATION:ICTP Leonardo Building - Budinich Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/10272/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Hidden Force\, A Play to Celebrate the International Day of Wo men and Girls in Science DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250211T170000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20250211T193000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-10939@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:\n \n\n On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science \, ICTP and the Trieste Section of the Italian National Institute of Nucle ar Physics (INFN) are organizing a public event based on the play "The Hid den Force"\, which offers an overview of 20th-century physics through the eyes of four of its female protagonists.\n Join us on 11 February at 18.00 hrs at Teatro Miela\, in Trieste\, for a theatrical experience combining science and art.\n Attendance is free\, but seating is limited and must be reserved ahead of the event at this link. The performance will be in Ital ian\, with English subtitles.\n The play will be followed by a Q&A session with the actresses and the director of the play.The Hidden ForceThe Hidde n Force is a play that highlights the contributions of women to fundamenta l physics through the poetic storytelling of the life and work of four sig nificant but only partly recognized scientists of the 20th century: the Am erican astronomer Vera Rubin\, the Austrian nuclear physicist Marietta Bla u\, the Chinese particle physicist Chien-Shiung Wu\, and the Italian physi cist Milla Baldo Ceolin. Their stories are intertwined with radical social and historical changes in an international context characterized by great upheaval but also by the birth of modern physics and institutions like CE RN\, INFN and ICTP.\n The play was conceived\, written\, and produced by a group of physicists at the Turin Division of INFN and the Department of P hysics of Turin University (Anna Ceresole\, Nora De Marco\, Simonetta Marc ello\, and Nadia Pastrone) as a result of their collaboration with a women ’s historian (Emiliana Losma)\, an expert in new technologies (Rita Spad a)\, and a group of theatre artists: Elena Ruzza (actress\, drama\, Terra Terra Association) and Gabriella Bordin (playwright\, director\, Alma Teat ro). On stage\, alongside the actress\, soprano Fé Avouglan acts and perf orms various musical pieces\, accompanied by live pianist Gabriele Braga.T he International Day of Women and Girls in Science\n The International Day of Women and Girls in Science is celebrated every year on 11 February. Th is date was chosen by the United Nations General Assembly and adopted in 2 015 to promote equal access to Science\, Technology\, Engineering and Math ematics (STEM) disciplines to women and girls worldwide. According to the United Nations\, despite a shortage of skills in most technological fields \, women still account for only 28% of engineering graduates and 40% of gr aduates in computer science and informatics. Women are typically given sma ller research grants than their male colleagues and\, while they represent 33.3% of all researchers\, only 12% of members of national science academ ies are women. Female researchers tend to have shorter\, less well-paid ca reers. Their work is underrepresented in high-profile journals and they ar e often passed over for promotion.\n Register here to attend the event.\n\ n//indico.ictp.it/event/10939/ LOCATION:Teatro Miela URL://indico.ictp.it/event/10939/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Brief Tender Light - Public Film Screening DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251107T150000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20251107T170000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11193@ictp.it DESCRIPTION://indico.ictp.it/event/11193/ LOCATION:ICTP Budinich Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11193/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Panel Discussion Opportunities and Challenges of Quantum Science a nd Technology DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260129T100000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260129T113000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11251@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:\n Registration to attend the panel discussion is mandatory vi a this link The deadline is 27 January.\n  \n\n \n On Thursday 29 Januar y\, ICTP will hold a panel discussion titled "Opportunities and Challeng es of Quantum Science and Technology"\, featuring quantum experts from aca demia and industry who will discuss the implications of this rapidly devel oping field.\n Confirmed panelists include Tommaso Calarco of the Univer sity of Bologna\,Italy\, and Forschungszentrum Jülich\, Germany\; Sabrin a Maniscalco\, CEO and Co-Founder of the quantum startup Algorithmiq\, Fin land\; Dragan Mihailovic of the Jozef Stefan Institute\, the CENN Nanoce nter and the University of Ljubljana\, Slovenia\; and Peter Zoller of th e Institute of Quantum Optic and Quantum Information\, Austrian Academy of Sciences\, Austria.  The round table will be moderated by a science jou rnalist.\n The discussion will take place at the end of the International Year of Quantum Science and Technology (IYQ) proclaimed by the United Na tions and celebrated in 2025. ICTP has been a major partner of the initiat ive\, whose scientific committee was chaired by ICTP Senior Research Scien tist Rosario Fazio\, who will take part in the IYQ’s closing event next February in Ghana.\n\n \n The event starts at 11:00 in the Budinich Lectur e Hall.At the end of the panel discussion\, the 2026 Spirit of Abdus Sala m Awardee\n will be announced by ICTP Director\, Professor Atish Dabolkhar .\n PROGRAMME11:20-12:20   Panel discussion: Opportunities and Challeng es of Quantum Science and Technology\n  \n \n Speakers:Tommaso Calarco\ n University of Bologna\, Italy & Forschungszentrum Jülich\,\n Germany\ n  Sabrina Maniscalco\n Algorithmiq\, Finland\n  Dragan Mihailovic\n Jozef Stefan Institute & CENN Nanocenter & University of\n Ljubljana\, S lovenia\n  Peter Zoller\n Institute of Quantum Optic and Quantum Inform ation\,\n Austrian Academy of Sciences\, Innsbruck\, Austria\n  Moderat or: Gianluca Dotti\, science journalist\n \n  12.20 – 12.35   Announ cement of the 2026 Spirit of Salam Award\n  12.35   Please join us for a toast to celebrate Salam’s centennial!\np.p1 {margin: 0.0px 0.0px 0.0 px 0.0px\; font: 11.0px Ubuntu\; color: #000000} \n \n  \n \n  \n\n\n/ /indico.ictp.it/event/11251/ LOCATION:Budinich Lecture Hall (Leonardo Building) URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11251/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:So you want to be a scientist? Career pathways for women from the Global South | Panel Discussion DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260211T140000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260211T150000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11274@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:ICTP and the Global Science Portal invite you to celebrate the International Day of Women and Girls in Science 2026 with an online panel discussion on careers in science for women from the Global South.\nPanell ists include:Lucía Mariel Arana Peña\nNana Geraldine Cabo Bizet\nZainab Nazari\nModerator: Kate Shaw\nAll are warmly invited to attend! To registe r and join the discussion\, please follow this link: https://zoom.us/j/929 07927561?wd=uQIufHrx0dQEuYvjbcsrVD5DKVSZtJ.1\nWomen scientists represent o nly about one third of all researchers and they tend to have shorter and l ess well-paid careers that their male colleagues. They are underrepresente d in national science academies and on scientific publications. The United Nations have proclaimed the International Day for Women and Girls in Scie nce on February 11 to raise awareness on the large disparity that still ex ists between men and women scientists and to encourage girls and young wom en to pursue their interest in scientific disciplines despite the lack of role models. We all gain from the diversity of perspectives created by ens uring that scientists are empowered and can contribute to scientific disco urse independently of possibly constraining factors such as geography\, ge nder\, class\, or ethnicity.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/11274/ LOCATION:Online URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11274/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:A Nobel Exile: Abdus Salam's Physics\, Faith\, and Global Vision DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260310T130000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260310T140000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11304@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:Lecture on Prof. Abdus Salam by his former associate Prof. Per vez Hoodbhoy\nAmong various interactions spanning years\, Abdus Salam wrot e the forward for Pervez's book Islam and Science: Religious Orthodoxy and the Battle for Rationality. Through his contact with the professor\, Perv ez developed an insight into Salam's life\, work and ideas. This lecture w ill discuss Salam's legacy in global science.\nThe event is part of the Sa lam Centennial series\, and organised by the Pakistan ICTP Alumni Society and ICTP Global Science Portal\, and will be streamed in the L. Stasi Lect ure Theatre.\nICTP Director Atish Dabholkar will give welcome remarks.\nJo in on Zoom using the following credentials:\nID: 983 9967 1676\nPSW: 31343 4\nLink: https://zoom.us/j/98399671676\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/11304/ LOCATION:ICTP and online L. Stasi\, Leonardo Building URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11304/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Centennial Lecture: Ruminations On Science And Being A Scientist DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260330T083000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260330T093000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11317@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:\nPWF Pakistan and the ICTP Global Science Portal present:\n\n Centennial Lecture: Ruminations On Science And Being A Scientist\nProf. Jo e Niemela\nICTP\n\n30th March 2026\n10.30 CEST\n\nZoom meeting:\nhttps://z oom.us/j/93944951811?pwd=74oY8HJSDigshkKTYZC1kEucsmL1SQ.1\n\nAbstract:\nFr om the greatest unsolved problem in classical physics to a celebration\nof a century of quantum mechanics\, the talk will touch on aspects of\nscien ce\, education and outreach\, training and career development\, and\nhighl ight examples of overcoming barriers to doing science-- in a few\ncases ch allenging our perception of what it means to be a scientist.\n\nAll are w elcome to join on Zoom. This talk is part of the Salam Centennial\nSeries. \n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/11317/ LOCATION:Online URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11317/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Centennial Lecture: Light\, Lasers and the Nobel Prize DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260401T080000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260401T090000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11318@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:\nPWF Pakistan and the ICTP Global Science Portal present:\n\n Centennial Lecture: Light\, Lasers and the Nobel Prize\nProf. John Dudley\ nUniversité Marie et Louis Pasteur\n\n1st April 2026\n10.00 CEST\n\nZoom meeting:\nhttps://zoom.us/j/98969734865?pwd=O0VShInO0drbxS0zCTQa3uRx2hcxHS .1\n\nAbstract: \nAlthough we often think of laser applications and the f ield of photonics\nas being related more closely to engineering than to ba sic science\, the\ndevelopment of the laser in fact traces a path that run s parallel to basic\nresearch in many areas of physics.  Indeed\, it is n ot often appreciated\nthat research into the science and applications of l ight in a broader\nsense has seen the award of more than thirty Nobel Priz es!  This talk\ndescribes some of the key historical contributions to our modern\nunderstanding of light and lasers\, particularly highlighting the \nbackground to key Nobel Prizes in these areas.  It will also discuss th e\nwider significance of the laser\, recognized by UNESCO through the\nInt ernational Day of Light on 16 May which marks the anniversary of the\nfirs t observation of laser operation in 1960.\n\nAll are welcome to join on Zo om. This talk is part of the Salam Centennial\nSeries.\n\n\n\n\n//indico.i ctp.it/event/11318/ LOCATION:Online URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11318/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Science for Sustainable Development: Opportunities for the Next Ge neration DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T070000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260413T080000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11323@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:As part of PWF Pakistan's 2nd workshop\, Dr. Amal Kasry\, Chie f of Basic Sciences & Engineering Natural Sciences Sector at UNESCO\, will talk about opportunities for the next generation of scientists.\nAbstract : This presentation explores UNESCO’s approach to advancing women’s pa rticipation in science\, engineering\, and emerging technologies\, from ed ucation to leadership. It highlights the persistent structural gaps across the scientific pipeline\, particularly in fields such as physics\, engine ering\, and quantum technologies\, where both gender and global inequaliti es intersect. Building on UNESCO’s work under the International Decade o f Sciences for Sustainable Development\, the presentation showcases concre te actions\, from capacity building and fellowships to policy advocacy\, d ata\, and global initiatives such as remote access to advanced infrastruct ure and the Global Quantum Initiative. It argues that closing the gender g ap in science is not only a matter of equity\, but a prerequisite for scie ntific excellence and innovation\, and calls for collective action to move from awareness to systemic change.\nJoin on Zoom: https://zoom.us/j/94856 398748?pwd=CDSlukOTKYRXgl0QcYuhGCqo1kKBQX.1\nMeeting ID: 948 5639 8748\nPa sscode: 486896\nThis talk is part of the Salam Centennial Series.\n\n//ind ico.ictp.it/event/11323/ LOCATION:online URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11323/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Quantum Computing with Qiskit DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260512T080000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260526T090000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11344@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:This 3-lecture series is a deep dive into practical quantum co mputing for beginners.\nDr. Muhammad Faryad from Lahore University of Mana gement Sciences (LUMS)\, Pakistan\, will take participants from paper and pen to programming an actual quantum computer using Qiskit.\nDetails: This 3-lecture series will focus on introducing practical quantum computer pro gramming to beginners along with a basic theoretical framework. The goal i s taking participants from paper and pen to programming an actual quantum computer using Qiskit. For this purpose\, simple algorithms like teleporta tion and a simple quantum neural network will be implemented to show how q uantum computers not only can process quantum information but can also be used to solve real-world data science problems like classification. The le cture participants will be provided with the code files to play with after the lectures and build towards deeper understanding of quantum computing. \nThe online lectures will focus on the following topics:\n12th May\, 10.0 0 CEST - Introduction to quantum gates and states \n19th May\, 10.00 CEST - Entanglement generation and teleportation \n26th May\, 10.00 CEST - Quan tum neural networks. \nPlease register at: https://zoom.us/meeting/registe r/AsiMsgLlQi25PD87x9bDXA\nPasscode: 354666\nThis talk is part of the ICTP Global Science Portal Seminar Series.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/11344/ LOCATION:Online URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11344/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:ICTP Associates Seminars: The History of Majorization Inequalities - from Newton to Macdonald DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260521T090000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260521T100000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11358@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:In this first edition of the ICTP Associates Seminars\, Apoorv a Khare from Indian Institute of Science will discuss Majorization Inequal ities.\nZoom registration: https://zoom.us/meeting/register/Xv13idM5SOaBdA fQTLtr1A#/registration\nAbstract: I would gently introduce inequalities co nnecting symmetric polynomials and majorization. These have been studied b y Maclaurin and Newton (1700s)\, Schlomilch (1800s)\, Gantmacher\, Muirhea d\, Schur (1900s)\, and in ancient Greece. I will then mention (perhaps th e first) weak majorization result\, shown in joint work with Tao (2021). T his involves Schur polynomials\, and parallels results by Cuttler–Greene –Skandera and Sra (2010s). Time permitting\, I will explain recent work with Chen and Sahi\, where we subsume several of these inequalities by a " master" majorization inequality: using Jack or Macdonald polynomials. This is conjectural\, and we prove it for 2 variables.\nThese seminars are a w ay of sharing the work and experiences of ICTP Associates. The seminars ha ve a personal part and a scientific part. The speaker will talk a bit on h is/her personal trajectory first\, and then later gently introduce a resea rch theme of his/her choice.\n\n//indico.ictp.it/event/11358/ LOCATION:ICTP and online Stasi Lecture Hall URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11358/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:The Trial of Abdus Salam - A Stage Performance to Celebrate Salam' s Centennial DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260604T160000Z DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260604T180000Z DTSTAMP;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20260608T091429Z UID:indico-event-11360@ictp.it DESCRIPTION:As part of Abdus Salam’s centennial celebrations\, ICTP invi tes its community to a public event that explores the inner life of its fo under. The play ‘The Trial of Abdus Salam’ imagines Salam’s final ho urs and offers a glimpse into some of his deepest personal struggles.\nThe play will be performed on Thursday 4 June at 18:00 hrs at Teatro Miela\, in central Trieste\, offering audiences an opportunity to learn more about a giant in science whose work as the founder and first director of ICTP h as impacted many generations of scientists\, particularly from the Global South.\nAttendance is free\, but seating is limited and must be reserved a head of the event at this link. The performance will be in English\, and w ill not include subtitles.About the play\nIn 1979\, Abdus Salam became the first Muslim to win the Nobel Prize in Physics. He was recognised for his contributions towards the unification of the electromagnetic and the weak nuclear forces – a work that has yielded profound insights into the nat ure of the physical world. A devout Muslim\, Salam had repeatedly emphasiz ed the crucial role that Islam had played in the shaping of his science an d his vision\, which was inspired by the surahs of the Quran that speak of a fundamental unity amongst all things and all peoples. Salam realized hi s vision both through his work towards the unification of the forces of na ture and also through his creation of ICTP—which is today a welcoming ho me for scientists from all over the world. Yet\, during his lifetime\, thi s grand unifier of forces and people was ostracised as a heretic and a tra itor. ‘The Trial of Abdus Salam’ is an imagined courtroom drama writte n and directed by Nilanjan P. Choudhury\, which explores the trials\, the triumphs\, the genius and faith of one of the greatest scientific figures to have emerged from Asia.\nThe event is organised with the support of the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS).\n\n//indico.ict p.it/event/11360/ LOCATION:Teatro Miela URL://indico.ictp.it/event/11360/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR